New Zealand men's national field hockey team

New Zealand
Nickname(s)	Black Sticks
Association	New Zealand Hockey Federation
Confederation	OHF (Oceania)
Head Coach	Greg Nicol
Assistant coach(es)	Dean Couzins; Glenn Turner
Manager	Kevin Marr
Captain	Blair Tarrant
Most caps	Phil Burrows (343)
Top scorer	Phil Burrows (15
Home	Away
FIH ranking
Current	8 (23 December 2021)
Highest	5 (2013)
Lowest	11 (2003)
Olympic Games
Appearances	13 (first in 1956)
Best result	1st (1976)
World Cup
Appearances	10 (first in 1973)
Best result	7th (1973, 1975, 1982, 2014)
Oceania Cup
Appearances	11 (first in )
Best result	2nd (11 times)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Oceania Cup
Commonwealth Games
Hockey World League

The New Zealand men's national field hockey team, also known as the Black Sticks Men,^[2] is the national team for men's field hockey of New Zealand, under the New Zealand Hockey Federation.

At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, they upset Australia to win gold, becoming the first non-Asian/European team to clinch the gold medal. They have also won silver and bronze at the 2002 and 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Tournament history[]

Summer Olympics[]

1956 – 6th place
1960 – 5th place
1964 – 13th place
1968 – 7th place
1972 – 9th place
1976 –
1984 – 7th place
1992 – 8th place
2004 – 6th place
2008 – 7th place
2012 – 9th place
2016 – 7th place
2020 – 9th place

World Cup[]

1973 – 7th place
1975 – 7th place
1982 – 7th place
1986 – 9th place
1998 – 10th place
2002 – 9th place
2006 – 8th place
2010 – 9th place
2014 – 7th place
2018 – 9th place

Commonwealth Games[]

1998 – 6th place
2002 –
2006 – 5th place
2010 –
2014 – 4th place
2018 –

World League[]

2012–13 –
2014–15 – 11th place
2016–17 – 12th place

FIH Pro League[]

2019 – 8th place
2020–21 – 8th place

Champions Trophy[]

1978 – 4th place
1983 – 6th place
1984 – 5th place
2004 – 6th place
2010 – 5th place
2011 – 4th place
2012 – 7th place

Champions Challenge[]

2003 – 4th place
2007 –
2009 –
2014 – 5th place

Oceania Cup[]

–
2001 –
2003 –
2005 –
2007 –
2009 –
2011 –
2013 –
2015 –
2017 –
2019 –
2022 – Qualified

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup[]

1991 – 4th place
1995 –
1996 – 4th place
1998 – 6th place
2000 – 6th place
2003 –
2005 – 4th place
2006 – 4th place
2008 –
2009 –
2011 – 4th place
2012 –
2013 – 4th place
2015 –
2016 –
2017 – 4th place

Players[]

2020 Olympic squad[]

The squad was announced on 10 June 2021.^[3]

Head coach: Darren Smith^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
3	DF	David Brydon	(1996-06-27)27 June 1996 (aged 25)	58	0	Southern Alpiners
4	DF	Dane Lett	(1990-08-29)29 August 1990 (aged 30)	83	2	Central Falcons
7	MF	Nicholas Ross	(1990-07-26)26 July 1990 (aged 30)	133	4	Southern Alpiners
11	FW	Jacob Smith	(1991-04-03)3 April 1991 (aged 30)	89	12	Central Falcons
12	FW	Sam Lane	(1997-04-30)30 April 1997 (aged 24)	70	21	Southern Alpiners
14	MF	Jared Panchia	(1993-10-18)18 October 1993 (aged 27)	139	26	Hauraki Mavericks
17	DF	Nicholas Woods	(1995-08-26)26 August 1995 (aged 25)	131	21	Hauraki Mavericks
20	GK	Leon Hayward	(1990-04-23)23 April 1990 (aged 31)	12	0	Hauraki Mavericks
21	DF	Kane Russell	(1992-04-22)22 April 1992 (aged 29)	167	71	Southern Alpiners
22	DF	Blair Tarrant (Captain)	(1990-05-11)11 May 1990 (aged 31)	217	4	Southern Alpiners
23	MF	Dylan Thomas	(1996-02-14)14 February 1996 (aged 25)	32	2	Central Falcons
24	MF	Sean Findlay	(2001-12-05)5 December 2001 (aged 19)	6	1	Central Falcons
25	DF	Shea McAleese	(1984-08-07)7 August 1984 (aged 36)	316	34	Central Falcons
27	FW	Stephen Jenness	(1990-06-07)7 June 1990 (aged 31)	254	92	Central Falcons
29	MF	Hugo Inglis	(1991-01-18)18 January 1991 (aged 30)	237	66	Southern Alpiners
30	FW	George Muir	(1994-02-24)24 February 1994 (aged 27)	146	18	North Harbour
31	MF	Steve Edwards	(1986-01-25)25 January 1986 (aged 35)	226	23	Northern Tridents
32	FW	Nicholas Wilson	(1990-08-06)6 August 1990 (aged 30)	176	77	Central Falcons

Notable players[]

Paul Ackerley
Scott Anderson
Jeff Archibald
Ryan Archibald
Phil Burrows
Simon Child
Tony Ineson
Ramesh Patel
Hayden Shaw
Nick Wilson
Selwyn Maister
Barry Maister
Brett Leaver
Trevor Manning
Jamie Smith
Peter Daji
Campbell Garry
Austen Haig
Richard Clouston
Marc Keil
Cooper Gilmore
Fred Meehan

References[]

^ "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
^ "Hockey New Zealand". Retrieved 19 September 2012.
^ "Exciting youngsters named in Olympic hockey squads". blacksticksnz.co.nz. Hockey New Zealand. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ "Team Roster New Zealand" (PDF). olympics.com. Retrieved 30 July 2021.

External links[]

[FIH_World_Rankings-1] "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

[2] "Hockey New Zealand". Retrieved 19 September 2012.

[3] "Exciting youngsters named in Olympic hockey squads". blacksticksnz.co.nz. Hockey New Zealand. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

[4] "Team Roster New Zealand" (PDF). olympics.com. Retrieved 30 July 2021.

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